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Let
it be proclaimed throughout the land, repeated from person to person.
First it will be rumor, then history, and finally undisputed FACT: Snake Always Wins. ~*creativename's contest site (all things contest!)*~ www.gamefaqscontests.com ~*The Board 8 Wiki (lots of useful contest and board information, including all past Post-Contest Analysis from Ulti, transience, Ed Bellis and others)*~ http://board8.wikia.com/ ~*List of All Polls (a search bar is at the bottom)*~ http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html ~*NGamer64's Archive Sites (good stuff!) and (LOL) X-Stats Sim (some offensive language)*~ http://www.thengamer.com/ http://thengamer.com/xstats ~*GameFAQs Contests Hall of Fame*~ http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/GameFAQs_Contests_Hall_of_Fame http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/GameFAQs_Contests_Match_Hall_of_Fame ~*Character Contest Histories*~ http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Contest_Histories ~*Simple Explanation of Extrapolated Standings*~ A = Strongest Character B = Character Weaker than A C = Character Weaker than B To figure out a character's Xsts Percentage ---> [(CvB)(BvA)]/50 = CvA To compare how C would do against B ---> [(CvA)/(BvA)]*50 = CvB To figure out how B would do against A ---> [(CvA)/(CvB)]*50 = BvA ~*All the Match Pics*~ http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/index.php ~*Leonhart4's Trend Charts*~ https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?hl=en&key=tOGmynfNIiNy5VukpEF-PdA&hl=en#gid=0 ~*Daily Vote Trends - An Explanation for Dummies*~ http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Daily_Vote_Trends ~*Acronyms and Percentages for Dummies*~ http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Acronyms_and_Percentages ~*Say What? Common Stats Topic Lingo Defined*~ SFF (Same Fanbase Factor) - Same Fanbase Factor is the theory that, if two contestants share a common fanbase, the weaker of the two options will underperform in a direct matchup. For instance, Link was expected to defeat Ganon with 65% of the vote in 2004, based on their 2003 values. Instead, Link collected near 88% of the vote. This is the best example of SFF we've ever seen. However take some SFF labels with a grain of salt, as many people will slap it onto any match that doesn't make perfect sense. Extrapolated Standings - The mathematical "strength" of a contestant that's determined based on their performance relative to the rest of the field. This number is typically based on the contest entrant's loss, but adjustments are sometimes made. See above for a watered down explanation for how the stats are calculated. --- 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2010, 2011 10 championships is not enough. ZeldaFAQs thirsts for more. |
Damn, we missed a contest pic opportunity of a lifetime right here. I know it's misleading, but for each character popping out of a pokeball, Snake should have been EKANS..... --- Please don't post to GameFAQs while driving. It could get you killed. Or worse, modded. |
...Except it still has the Nintendo fanbase behind it. Nintendo + Not Nintendo > Nintendo. --- RIP GrapefruitKing and Emporer_Kazbar. You will be missed. |
Snake's head on an Ekans body --- Because. -SBAllen |
MGS always wins Remember when MGS3 won GotD That was so awesome --- http://i.imgur.com/fe05x.png http://i.imgur.com/stNJf.png |
We
would have probably had Ekans in this match but the picsmiths seem too
demoralized now. Some of these are good but some seem phoned in (#6 what). --- Welcome to the League of Downtime. |
squirtle power hour over guys it's pikachu time --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? GotD (219/384) Melee v FFX |
Tsunami, I'm not sure what you're even arguing. --- 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2010, 2011 10 championships is not enough. ZeldaFAQs thirsts for more. |
Big Boss the true plucky underdog of these contests Remember when he CQC Slammed a Colossus Pepperidge Farms remembers http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/albums/gotd/gotd-119-1.jpg --- Guess who I am! http://gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs3/1345748_o.gif |
MGS2 was robbed a second strongest title victory MGS3 was clearly just bandwagoned the win --- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/B8%20Girls%202012/pjbas.png SuperNiceDog - 1, pjbasis - 0 |
Marth is projected to beat Big Boss Smash characters sucking, say what? |
Yeah because that's how bandwagons work The underdog wins and the stronger game gets a bandwagon --- http://i.imgur.com/kCpvD.gif |
MGS fans man --- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/B8%20Girls%202012/pjbas.png SuperNiceDog - 1, pjbasis - 0 |
don't listen to red sox's lies Snake is every bit the plucky underdog Pokemon is --- Welcome to the League of Downtime. |
Although I still feel kinda cheated we didn't even get one MGS vs. MGS matchup even though the entire division was rigged for it! darn you SotC --- http://gifsoup.com/view/874243/big-boss-o.gif |
Karma Hunter posted... don't listen to red sox's lies there can only be one plucky underdog, and it isn't the Noble Nine member :P |
People wanted Snake booted out of the Noble Nine at one point! And now he's arguably the second strongest of them all! There may be a limit to his pluckiness since he probably can't beat Link, but he should still be commended! --- http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7760/222bj.jpg |
Crono got to be a plucky underdog for years I see no problem with this heck he's recently got that renewed --- Welcome to the League of Downtime. |
LeonhartFour posted... Although I still feel kinda cheated we didn't even get one MGS vs. MGS matchup even though the entire division was rigged for it! At some point I really think I should begin to feel guilty about that. But man it felt so good. |
I
remember I literally went through a streak on the Expert Challenge in
GotD where I got every match right in between getting MGS2/SotC and
MGS4/SotC wrong darn you SotC --- http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7760/222bj.jpg |
SotC game of the ever --- They don't always think it be like it is, but it do. ~KF~ |
Leon, I think you mean the Battle Challenge instead. Battle Challenge is much different than the Expert Challenge. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as SuperNiceDog, Guru Champ! |
Battle Challenge was fantastic. If nothing else, Bacon has been great at making alternatives to brackets. Battle Challenge and Expert Challenge have probably been my favorite additions to contests in a while. --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? GotD (219/384) Melee v FFX |
Snake currently projected to get 66% on Cloud and 69.25% on Crono HE ALWAYS WINS --- "I can set you free, mate." "My freedom was forfeit long ago!" |
Oh wow, I just realized we have a non-negligible chance of Kefka > Zack > Cloud in the stats Zack > Cloud is pretty unlikely, but the chances of Kefka > Cloud look pretty good! --- http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/8/22/2094c2de-bae8-4f5b-9f27-67eaff0aaeaf.jpg |
I
remember that night. It was amazing. I called all of my friends with
ten minutes to go, who apparently called all of their friends. One of
them apparently (or so he tells me) went to their college's library and
convinced everyone on a computer at that moment to vote. I was the only one on the battle leaderboard without a 0 by their name. It was absolutely glorious. Then I blew it a few days later for overestimating the importance of a dumb GOTY poll. |
this is the most Pyrrhic Victory ever dammit pokeymanz --- Welcome to the League of Downtime. |
We-love-you! Pi-ka-chu! --- FFIXOwner Bracket: 169/270 Expert: 810 (lol?) |
Snake is no longer doubling Pikachu Darn you rallies --- http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/8/22/2094c2de-bae8-4f5b-9f27-67eaff0aaeaf.jpg |
also Pikachu on the warpath en route to a comeback to ruin Snake's percentage and my stupid prediction on this match being over I hate you guys --- Welcome to the League of Downtime. |
Previous
thread talked a little about where Samus's support comes from.
Honestly, Samus being as strong as she is on this site (indirectly close
to if not stronger than Mario!?) has never made much sense to me. I like Samus so I can't complain, but it vexes me so. Especially since she was already so strong in 2002 that Metroid Prime didn't seem to have boosted her that much, and Super Metroid is her only other game that has any strength at all. So, uh...Why is Samus so strong on gamefaqs? --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] |
Smash? samus the ultimate beneficiary of smash. brought her right into the noble nine. --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? GotD (219/384) Melee v FFX |
Pikachu! I choose you! Lower the tyrant's percentage! You know, the tyrant who always wins. --- 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2010, 2011 10 championships is not enough. ZeldaFAQs thirsts for more. |
Samus
is a combination of Dante-style design, except her series is a decent
bit stronger (Dante's series is shockingly weak for his level of
strength, I can't imagine how strong he'd be with a series people cared
about) and Smash. That's about it. --- Welcome to the League of Downtime. |
xp1337 posted... Smash? Nah, I'd say Kirby is the ultimate beneficiary of Smash. He'd be lucky to be a low midcarder without it. --- "Why must we always choose between certain death and probable death?" "I'm in an epic battle to the death, FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF!" |
Hey guys, remember to vote and post in my poll topic about Mega Man in the finals. http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/67221881 --- FFIXOwner Bracket: 169/270 Expert: 810 (lol?) |
It's true, I bought Kirby 64 because I loved Kirby in Smash bros. --- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/B8%20Girls%202012/pjbas.png SuperNiceDog - 1, pjbasis - 0 |
pjbasis posted... It's true, I bought Kirby 64 because I loved Kirby in Smash bros. --- New England Patriots: 1-0 |
Samus
has held a special status as Nintendo's "#3 legend" since the early
90s. That's the sort of intangible that a character like Dante dreams of
having and might contribute just as much to her strength as anything
else. Samus's strongest game (probably Super Metroid, though Prime
likely doesn't lag far behind) is only around Super Mario Kart's level.
Her games are weak but her status is very established. I think she'd be
pretty damn strong even without Smash. She'd be no midcarder, that's for
sure. --- Chen Kenichi's #1 Fan (also Yoblazer) http://i.imgur.com/a4GuDV3.gif |
I'd take Prime to beat Super Metroid easily. Easily. --- http://img.imgcake.com/leonpngpe.png http://img.imgcake.com/squalloweenpngem.png |
What's
this nonsense about Pokemon not being a broad fanbase? Pokemon being a
broad fanbase is why I kept telling people Pikachu>Sora was possible
in the first place! This whole site is Poke-crazy. Zelda is #1, Pokemon is #2. The only competition for #2 it even has is SMB. And Snake is being very impressive here. He could very well have won a Link/Samus/Snake final pre-Draven boosting Link to unmatched levels. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
SMB
would crush Pokemon, both in a poll and in a contest for fanbase
broadness. Pokemon is broader than any Square-based fanbase, but that's
not saying too much. Agreed that Snake has a great chance against pre-Draven Link with Mario there. Very outside shot at that version of Link 1v1. --- 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2010, 2011 10 championships is not enough. ZeldaFAQs thirsts for more. |
xp1337 posted... Battle Challenge was fantastic. Battle was meh...Expert is really good though. Only problem is the scoring system. Literally getting a match as wrong as possible - totally backwards - is better than getting a match partially correct. Other than that though Expert has been good. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
LeonhartFour posted... xp1337 posted...Smash? Seeing how Kirby Super Star did in 2009... I'd say that's probably true. --- "Divine judgment for an evil soul! Sacred Penance! Rest in peace." - Estellise Sidos Heurassein, Tales of Vesperia |
Well,
we've never gotten a fair read on Kirby games or the Kirby series
without some sort of SFF being involved, but both of those results
weren't promising, and its GOTY results have never been good either. --- http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7760/222bj.jpg |
I really don't want to see another series contest because the ignominy of having Final Fantasy and Super Mario Bros. losing to Pokemon would just buttdestroy me. --- Welcome to the League of Downtime. |
Karma Hunter posted... I really don't want to see another series contest because the ignominy of having Final Fantasy and Super Mario Bros. losing to Pokemon would just buttdestroy me. We'd just have to pic sabotage it against Super Smash Bros. by throwing in sprite pics of Link, Samus, and Mario from their most popular games against the worst Pokemon. --- http://i43.tinypic.com/dgwh0.gif http://www.majhost.com/gallery/atukam/OHWD/snownd.gif |
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